Quick update on the health of the Prodi coalition:
The Camera has approved the executive’s mini-budget. It goes tomorrow to the Senate, where it will again be the subject of a vote of confidence
The government has already used votes of confidence on seven separate legislative items in three months (according to an interview with Gianfranco Fini); […]
Twelve presidents were elected to Senate committees today, with two committees (Defence and EU Affairs) still to come. Of the twelve, eleven presidents came from the centre-left. Only one - industry - went to a Forzista. See the Senate’s news page.
For all the fuss that Berlusconi’s made about the left’s ‘occupation’ of all important posts, […]
Crystal ball gazers ought in full force to scry for messages in the marathon session to elect a President of the Italian senate. The Corriere article
Maratona al Senato puts it well. Given that senators, on a third ballot, were still making obvious mistakes - omitting the centre-left candidate’s first name, or putting Francesco instead of […]
Repubblica.it has rolling coverage of the fight to nominate the Presidents of the two Chambers. For the Chamber of Deputies, Fausto Bertinotti looks a shoe-in - but, having failed to get two-thirds of votes on the first round, voting must go to a second round, in which a bare majority suffices.
For the Senate, it’s a […]
